Other forms: lupines
When something reminds you of a wolf, you can describe it as lupine. German shepherds are much more lupine than pugs are.
A lupine person, animal, or thing shares some of the characteristics of a wolf. You might describe your brother's sharp-toothed smile as slightly lupine, worry about your sister's lupine habit of howling at the full moon, or admire your dog's noble lupine profile. The adjective lupine comes from the French word of the same name, with Latin roots: lupinus, "of the wolf," from lupus, "wolf."
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of or relating to or characteristic of wolves
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any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowerssynonyms: lupintypes:Egyptian lupine, Lupinus albus, field lupine, white lupine, wolf beanwhite-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion controlLupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet, bluebonnet, buffalo cloverlow-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United StatesLupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnetclosely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas)type of:
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